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A Guilded Age: The State of the Union in Halacha

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 6, 2021 In the denouement of a high-profile, high-stakes battle, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama recently voted against joining the Retail Warehouse and Department Store Union by a margin of…

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Lowering One’s Price to Get a Customer

HaRav Chaim Weg Question: I own a housewares store, where some of my popular items for sale are plates and dishes. I received a phone call from a customer who told me that my competitor was charging $100 for a…

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Ownership of Rights: Employee Vs. Company

HaRav Chaim Weg Question: A salesman from a large company is switching to work for another company. He wants to know if the clients he brought into the company he previously worked for belong to him or to the company.…

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Justice of the Peace: Externalities in Jurisprudence

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 29, 2021   On Apr. 20, 2021, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd during an arrest nearly a…

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Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Asleep at the Switch Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald April 29, 2021 Q We inadvertently left the light in the children’s bedroom on for Shabbos, and they will not sleep through the night if it stays that way. May we ask a…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Emor

Far and Away Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald April 29, 2021   These are the holidays of Hashem… Vayikra 23:37 The Gemara (Pesachim 3b) tells how R’ Yehudah ben Beseira, who was in Netzivin, was…

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Poaching Customers

HaRav Chaim Weg Question: Reuven owns a credit card processing company. Is he allowed to schedule an appointment with a business owner who currently uses the services of his competitor, with the goal of convincing the guy to leave his…

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